Beciu Silviu, Arghiroiu Georgiana Armenița, Bobeică Maria
Faculty of Management and Rural Development, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, 59 Marasti, Sector 1, 011464 Bucharest, Romania.
Foods. 2024 Jun 27;13(13):2048. doi: 10.3390/foods13132048.
Ethical food consumption has gained significant attention in the past years, reflecting a societal shift towards ethical behavior. Our study examines the evolution of ethical food consumption research over the past three decades, aiming to map its transformation. We identified key trends, influential contributors, and major thematic clusters through a bibliometric analysis, employing VOSviewer (v.1.6.18) for bibliometric visualization, focusing on citation networks and keyword o-occurrences to reveal the field's structure and dynamics. We made extensive use of the Web of Science database, where we selected 1096 relevant articles and review papers. Our analysis shows a notable rise in publications starting in 2005, with a peak in 2022, indicating increased scholarly interest in the topic. The findings underscore the importance of integrating empathy and human values into ethical food consumption, highlighting the critical roles of animal welfare, sustainability, and social justice. Despite a strong pro-ethical attitude among consumers, a significant "attitude-behavior gap" persists, emphasizing the need for strategies that bridge this divide. Our results emphasize the importance of interdisciplinary efforts to align ethical practices with broader societal goals, offering valuable insights for future research and policy-making to promote sustainable and ethical food consumption worldwide.
在过去几年中，道德食品消费受到了广泛关注，这反映了社会向道德行为的转变。我们的研究考察了过去三十年中道德食品消费研究的演变，旨在描绘其转变过程。我们通过文献计量分析确定了关键趋势、有影响力的贡献者和主要主题集群，使用VOSviewer（v.1.6.18）进行文献计量可视化，重点关注引文网络和关键词共现情况，以揭示该领域的结构和动态。我们广泛使用了科学网数据库，从中选取了1096篇相关文章和综述论文。我们的分析表明，自2005年起出版物数量显著增加，并在2022年达到峰值，这表明学术界对该主题的兴趣日益浓厚。研究结果强调了将同理心和人类价值观融入道德食品消费的重要性，突出了动物福利、可持续性和社会正义的关键作用。尽管消费者中存在强烈的支持道德的态度，但显著的“态度-行为差距”依然存在，这强调了弥合这一差距的策略的必要性。我们的结果强调了跨学科努力将道德实践与更广泛的社会目标相结合的重要性，为未来促进全球可持续和道德食品消费的研究及政策制定提供了宝贵见解。
